It Begins: New Calls To Strip Churches of Tax Exempt Status After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Townhall.com ^ | 6/29/2015 | Katie Pavlich

[Servant of the Cross]

We're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy. If you practice your Christian faith, get ready for persecution.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Yep.

[inchworm]

Christians could start to make it clear that there is a difference between marriage and holy matrimony. Its that simple.

[Gaffer]

Start with Islamic Mosques first.

[John O]

faggot marriage has NEVER been about marriage but has always been about destroying the church

[silverleaf]

So churches will no longer be “ licensed” to perform “ marriage” which has now become a legal construct

Let the state be the issuer of “ marriage” licenses and let the churches provide religious service and religious sacraments to those who wish to consecrate their status in the eyes of God . Members of their parish in good standing who follow the doctrine of that faith

If it is a “ constitutional right” then who do people have to buy a state license to register it? Isn’t that more onerous than a voter id?

[Oratam]

The NYT not only reflects leftist thinking, it dictates leftist thought. Without it, our little leftists would be lost.

A seed has been planted. It will no doubt be watered and nurtured over the coming weeks and months until it bears fruit.

[Old Sarge]

The Supreme Court's ruling on gay homosexual marriage makes it clearer than ever that the government shouldn't be subsidizing religion and non-profits.

Good, then you can start with PBS/NPR and Planned Parenthood.

[Petrosius]

If you like your Christian faith you can keep your Christian faith. Oh, right…

[inchworm]

You can’t make Christians perform holy matrimony ceremonies (unless Unitarian of course, and many will debate they are not Christians). This will stand until your denomination sells Christianity down the river, by voting in favor of homosexual marriage or allowing openly homosexual clergy in upcoming annual conferences. Liberals will intentfuly push to the to of church leadership to see it through. Congregations will run from one denomination to the next until they all are liberalized and crumbled, and then will find themselves meeting in small groups in homes just like it was back in the beginning days of the start of the church.

[Mouton]

A winner.

Meanwhile, we are being diverted from dwelling upon extremely dangerous to the US domestic and international matters by letting our illustrious best representatives that money can buy divert attention away from the disastrous trade deals, Iran negotiations and the Obamacare ruling.

[polymuser]

Start with Islamic Mosques first.

Yes yes yes yes.

[OpusatFR]

Good.

Let the government strip the tax provision from the churches. The churches will be freed from the onerous silencing of pastors and clergy. The pulpit is a strong voice for change and always has been, so restoring the freedom to challenge the all encompassing power of the state is the beginning of change for the better.

Calling people to a higher purpose and repentance outweighs any monetary gain from obeying a state imposed restriction for obedience to a tax statute.

[VanDeKoik]

Seeing that those people make up a tiny fraction of the population, and most are just in it for the sex, and not marriage, they can’t have any other reason to have ever pushed this.

[OpusatFR]

“Let the state be the issuer of “ marriage” licenses and let the churches provide religious service and religious sacraments to those who wish to consecrate their status in the eyes of God.

A good idea, and one that solves the problem of devout widows and widowers who want to marry but will lose their late spouses pensions if they do.

[Servant of the Cross]

Christians could start to make it clear that there is a difference between marriage and holy matrimony. Its that simple.

While certainly this was true during the earlier cultural battle for marriage, that battle was lost in a slaughter. Now, the battle will be over the mere right to exist holding onto "archaic" ideas of a Creator and even the concepts of "holy" or "matrimony". The new forms of bias and discrimination will come like a tidal wave upon Christians to make the current bias' that have existed for years look like child's play ...

It was infinitely more difficult being an unapologetic Catholic at [a major American university] than it was for students who are flamboyant homosexuals. [The latter] never once had to defend themselves against accusations of bigotry or backwardness; they never had to justify why they believe what they believe and why they do what they do. They never once had their fears about what the future holds for their people summarily dismissed or downplayed. No CEO will be fired for being gay in America, but we saw what happened with Mozilla.

[kinsman redeemer]

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[Servant of the Cross]

You can’t make Christians perform holy matrimony ceremonies ...

Wanna bet on that?

[captmar-vell]

“Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!” Isaiah 5:8

[Servant of the Cross]

Calling people to a higher purpose and repentance outweighs any monetary gain from obeying a state imposed restriction for obedience to a tax statute.

First they came for your tax exemption. That is only the start.